Koodaigirl

photo source I am closing up shop and "goin' fishin'"---  Not literally, but figuratively, I suppose.  I am going t...

photo source The other night, I believe that God spoke to me in a dream. This wasn't a "first" for me.  He has used dr...

Most days when I go for my morning walk in the fields, I am so very glad I have worn my hiking boots.  Returning home, they are caked in ...

Sakes alive! am I prideful! There is no two ways about it... I just am. I had acted badly.  I had said mean things.  And, I knew it.  ...

photo source The "to-do" list runs long and feels heavy.  The calendar seems to scream at me and I begin to feel it pushing ...

My husband has "fathered" me well. I have said this for years and it often creeps people out a bit.  It sounds weird to them,...

photo source The Lord has always provided for me.     Truly, through the years, I have had the privilege to see Him provide everythin...

Where in the world is the cookie? This was my thought as I saw the mountain-pile of icing in front of me. I  assumed  there was a co...

photo source This morning my daughter snuggles in...  my arms wrapped around her, her head pushing deep into my chest. Buried.  Burro...

I brought my seedling tomato plants home only a few weeks back.  I was very excited to venture into this brand new gardening experience and ...

photo source My sweet girl...  She was still angry this morning.  Very angry. Months and months ago she had been hurt by someone.  At ...

photo source Mom, the only problem is... she says to me before going to bed. Yep, sometimes the honesty of a thirteen year old girl s...

photo source We sat across the table, our coffees cooling, and I couldn't help myself.  Some would call it "getting on my soap-...

photo source At times there is a passionate fight within that rises up.  This passionate fight is very difficult to contend with, to be...

photo source There is a road that I believe my Father is inviting me to walk on... one, I truly barely understand...one that intimates m...

Sometimes a lie comes crashing into my heart. photo source Sometimes my mind is flooded with doubts and lies--the stream of accusation...

I feel my weakness.  I feel my neediness rising this lovely Monday morning. I don't need a thing...   she sings and reminds me. ...

photo source When I hear them squabble... which they (indeed!) do from time-to-time...it grieves my heart.  Brother and sister.  They pi...

photo source She really does cry a lot.   My sweet girl. She can cry easily when angry or sad.  She can cry when she is happy or surpr...

photos source I have so much to learn... With a slight smile and a gleem in his eye, he begins to sing and dance around the kitche...

photo source I just naturally and generally think I am right.    In my gut somewhere, my opinion on a certain subject feels correct an...

"Together in Battle"  photo source As, I wake and pour my cup of coffee, I realize that within me there is a distinguishable...

photo source There are pieces of news that come at you like a stinging slap and then settle down on your heart like a heavy brick. I h...

photo source There has been a quiet, misty-something happening within me lately.  I don't have great words for it.  It has been a s...